Blow-out patch.



C. L. SMITH.

BLOW-OUT PATCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1e, 191s.

9 fzgn Patented July 14,3914.

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gmane/Mio@ From theforegoing descriptiona'taken' in neonneelim withdlie accompanying drawing, 'the advantages 'nf the construction and of the-method lof operation will be readily apparent to those sKilled in the art to which.

the invention app'ertains2 and while l have described the principle of operation of the` invention, together with the device which I now consider 'to het the 'best embodiment thereof, I desireto have itunderstoodthat f thedevice shownis merely illustrative, and

that such ehanges may be made when de- ,Sired as are withinc the scope of the claim .appended hereto.

llaving4 thus desrihed the invention what lis claimed as new, is:

A blow ouil patchlor the inner tube of a -pliemnatietire, saidatch consisting of a thblar bodf flexible t ronghout and divided longitudina ly ofits 'inner- Wall, rows of met-allogps attached to said body and ar- .ranged tojlternate with and overlap each other at their closed ends, all of said loops overlapping the other marginal edge of the inside face of the latter, the'disposition of said loops and their fastening rivets being such that when said coupling` wire is ineerted through said loops, the marginal edges of the flexible body lie in Close proximity to each other throl'ighont their lei'igt-h.

1n testimony whereof aiiix my Signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' f CHAS. L. SMITH. lViinesses CORSONVJONES, J.4 H. Sownnn. 

